A few years before the publication of Darwin’s Origin of Species, a group of life size dinosaur models was commissioned by the Crystal Palace Company. They were to go on display in the pleasure park near the glassy Crystal Palace Exhibition hall. The sculptor, Hawkins, worked with paleontologist, Richard Owen, to visualise the dinosaurs andContinue reading “The world’s first dinosaur sculptures”
Category Archives: Natural World
Zoo architecture
Wild boar
A wild boar painted on a butcher’s shop window in Carcassonne
Thinking shaped by surroundings
Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Both cultures relied on farming to sustain the population. Their main source of water was the river. In Mesopotamia, the river was turbulent and unpredictable. Floods occurred unexpectedly, its banks eroded and the river could even change its course. The people made a great effort to control the river and dugContinue reading “Thinking shaped by surroundings”
Horse power
When were wild horses domesticated?
Suffolk, East Anglia
Watercolours made on the beach at Shingle Street in Suffolk.
Weather station
A nicely painted sign, evocative of an adventure film, for the weather station at Niaux. It is close to the entrance of the cave containing the prehistoric paintings.
Archaeopteryx lithographica
A fossil, flat like a lithography print.
Darwin and change
A blockbuster exhibition about the life and work of Charles Darwin is taking place at the Natural History Museum in London. In it, there is evidence that the Evolutionists have adapted. The idea which is usually taken for granted as fact, Evolution, now has to defend itself. Speaking from video displays, scientists fend off theContinue reading “Darwin and change”
Giant crocodile touring show
If you have 10,000 square feet, can accomodate a thirteen foot crate, 4 trucks over forty foot and have circulating security guards, you may be have a chance of staging the exhibit of the Super Croc. This includes a flesh reconstruction, a super skeleton and the kind of field tents used in the excavation. TheContinue reading “Giant crocodile touring show”
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